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BENJAMIN D HOWE, oF HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE. Leners Patent No. 66,840, dared July 16, 1867.

i IMPROVEMENT IN DEVICE F01?. PREVENTING HORSES FROM EITING'AND CRIB-BITING.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN D. HOWE, of Hanover,v in the county of Grafton, and State of New Hampshire, have invented a new and. useful device for preventing and correcting or curing the habit or disease in horses called Cribbing', is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in whichv Figurel is an elevation.

Figure 2 is a plan view.

Figure 3 is a perspective view'.

The nature of my invention consists in a secure basket-shaped muzzle of iron, or othersuitable material, to be worn'constantly bythe horse until the habit or disease of cribbing and biting is corrected.

A band or ring, of suitable size and shape, to fit asintended around the lower part of the horses head, immediately above the nose and mouth, has connected therewith, as shown in the drawings, curved bauds or strips, arranged to cover the month of the horse suiciently to prevent cribbingor biting, and yet allowing the' horse to feed conveniently, an opening between the bands, as showiiat a a b b', c c', inthe drawing, ybeingprovided for that purpose, which, though large enough to admit such substances as constitute the food of' a horse,

is too small to allow him to take hold with his teeth of such articles as he would otherwise do, were he allowed to crib or bite. v

As the foregoing described muzzle is more suitable to be worn while the horse is in the stall or stable, and :xs to cure the habit or disease it is necessary that the horse should be constantly muzzled both within.` the stable and without, I have shown in the drawings a different modifica-tion of the same principle (Figures 4, -5, and 6,) to be attached to the bridle-bit. The ring which in the first principle would pass around the lower part of the horses head, is in the modification curved (as shown clearly in the drawings) from the points of attachment to the bridle-bit down nearly below the nose and mouth of the horse,

Having described my device, what I claim as my invention, and seek to secure by Letters Patent, is-y A muzzle of suitable material', constructedk ot' bands of metal, with au opening a a', b b', o c', used in the manner and for the purpose set forth. A

` BENJAMIN D. H OWE. Witnesses:

J. N. CHASE,

JOHN S. WooDMAN.

and also correcting the habit of biting; andI do hereby de clare that the following 

